Take the Pulse of Your School

Engage students in all stages of the project

A great way to deeply engage the whole school in your greening project is to conduct a survey or run a design contest. The results may surprise you and help shape what your greening project may look like.

Tips:

• Run a design contest: hand out design templates, introduce design options and let student creativity go wild. Have your greening committee select the best ones to be displayed in a central location. At the Secondary level, get horticultural and tech classes to offer expert advice.
• Create a survey: keep it short and simple, have members of the greening committee collect and analyze results. Surveys can be great for deciding between different greening options or species.
• Use technology: set up your survey online using a free software program like SurveyMonkey, and then encourage students and teachers to participate by offering an incentive.